Improvement in gates



G. W.GORDON. Gate.

bio-149L845. Patented Dec.-4, 1877.

WITNESSES: INVERTER A S mamas.

",F ETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPMEm WASHINGTON. D.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. GORDON, OF BEVERLY, OHIO.

IM PROVEMENT IN GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 197,846, dated December4, 1877; application filed To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, GEORGE W. GORDON,

of Beverly, in the county of Washington and State of Ohio, have inventeda new and Improved Farm-Gate; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification, inwhich the figure is a side elevation.

The invention relates to a novel mode of unfastening the catch of agate, from either side thereof, without dismounting from a horses back.

It will first be described in connection with I October 15, 1877.

r H, pivoted in the middle on a standard, I, that is supported upon thetop rail of gate.

If a horseman comes on one side, he raises, and if on the other, hedepresses, the lever, so as to raise the latches and unfasten the gate.He then can push with the lever until he has passed through the gate,and. can use the same means for closing it securely.

In practice, this device is found to be a very convenient attachment forfarm-gates, saving much trouble and annoyance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- I Thecombination, with a single lever, H,

pivoted at the middle over the gate, of the rod G, double hook F,-havingeyes ff, pivoted latches E, and notched catch-bars D, all constructedand arranged in connection with a farm-gate, as and for the purposespecified.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 25th day ofOctober, 187 5.

GEORGE W. GORDON. Witnesses:

SOLON O. KEMoN, CHAS. A. PETTIT.

